1. Light ………………….. at almost 300.000 kilometers per second.

a. Travel
b. Travelled
c. Travels
d. Is travel
e. Travelling

2. She ……………… the living room when she heard a strange noise in the kitchen.
a. Is cleaning
b. Cleaned
c. Was cleaning
d. Cleans
e. Has been cleaning

3. I …………………………… my wife a letter every other day for the last two weeks.
a. Had written
b. Have written
c. Am write
d. Wrote
e. Writing

4. Sam ……………….. before Anna got there.

a. Had been leaving
b. Had left
c. Has left
d. Left
e. Was leaving

5. My wife has appointment with a doctor. She …………………… Dr. North next Tuesday.
a. Will see
b. Are seeing
c. Is seeing
d. Will be seeing
e. See

6. Many people …………………. that social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter
have negative impact on both individuals and society.

a. Are believing
b. Believe
c. Believing
d. Have believe
e. Believed
7. In 1602, Dutch merchants …………….. the VOC, a trading corporation better known as
the Dutch East India Company.
a. Found
b. Founded
c. Find
d. Had founded
e. Has been founded

8. The nutmeg tree, Myristica fragrans, ………………… a large evergreen tree native to
Southeast Asia.
a. Is
b. Was
c. Is being
d. Has been
e. Are

9. This is hospital. You ……………… smoke here.

a. Cannot
b. Must not
c. Had not to
d. Need not
e. May not

10. I ……………. speak Arabic when I was child and we lived in Morocco. But after we
moved to Canada, I had a very little exposure to the language.
a. Could
b. Might
c. Can
d. May
e. Must

11. He has been working for more than 11 hours a day. He ………… be tired after such
hard work.
a. Might
b. Must
c. Can
d. May
e. Should

12. The teacher said we ……………….. read this book for our own pleasure as it is optional.
a. Can
b. Must
c. Should
d. Need
e. Will
13. You passport …………….. renewed before it’s too late.
a. Should
b. Should being
c. Should be
d. Should have
e. Should been

14. The automotive sector ………………….. to adapting to automation in manufacturing.

a. Well used
b. Is well used
c. Is using
d. Using
e. Uses

15. In America, bright children ……………. as ‘’moderately’’, ‘’highly’’, exceptionally’’, and

‘’profoundly’’ gifted.
a. Ranked
b. Are ranking
c. Are rank
d. Are ranked
e. Has been ranked

16. Yesterday, the new chapters ……………… by the new professor.

a. Taught
b. Was taught
c. Were taught
d. Teaching
e. Is teaching

17. The University of York ……………….. government funding to launch England’s first
modern foreign languages (MFL) centre for excellence.
a. Have been awarded
b. Has been awarded
c. Is awarded
d. Is awarding
e. Will be awarding

18. By ……………………… 1500.000 tons of insects a year, birds greatly help American
farming.
a. Ate
b. Eating
c. Having eaten
d. Eat
e. To eat
19. President Roosevelt asked Archibald Macleish ……………….. as the Librarian of
Congress.
a. Serving
b. To be served
c. To serve
d. Being serve
e. Serve

20. He enjoys ……………….. tennis and keeps on ………. Sensibly that’s why he is fit.
a. To play/eating
b. Playing/to eat
c. To play/to eat
d. Playing/eating
e. Playing/eat

21. A child who is unhappy about …………… badly, normally will get over that in a couple
of days.
a. Being treated
b. Treat
c. Treating
d. Having treated
e. Treats

22. She was very upset ……………… that all places in the restaurant were booked.
a. To hear
b. Hear
c. To have heard
d. Hearing
e. To be heard

23. The furniture of those houses …………… quite impressive.

a. Are
b. Is
c. Was being
d. Has been
e. Have been

24. The plumber, along with his helper, ……………. to come soon.
a. Are expected
b. Is expecting
c. Are expecting
d. Is expected
e. Have been expected
 25. ………………….. were reported to have fallen sick after drinking the water from the
tubewell.
a. Much people
b. The number of people
c. The amount of people
d. A number of people
e. Some peoples

26. Fast food, like burgers and street food, …………harmful for our health.
a. Is
b. Was
c. Are
d. Were
e. Was being

27. Social media has led to many negative consequences on their ……and ……health.
a. Physical and psychologist
b. Physics and psychological
c. Physical and psychological
d. Physically and psychologically
e. Physical and psychologically

28. After Amanda cashes her paycheck, the money goes to her savings account,
cappuccinofund, and .
a. paying her credit card bill
b. toward her credit card balance
c. credit card balance
d. Having a cup of tea
e. for eating dinner

29. In preparation for her run, Alicia , applied sunscreen, and inserted
herearbuds.
a. tightened her shoelaces
b. was tightening her shoelaces
c. did tighten her shoelaces
d. walking slowly
e. had taken a deep breath

30. We hate having dinner at Aunt Ida’s house because she is a vegan health nut. Baked
tofu, , and decaffeinated tea do not make a satisfying meal!

a. vegetables steamed with no oil or

seasoning
b. steamed vegetables
c. vegetables that are flavorless
d. having a dinner
e. take a good walk
 31. Teresa was expecting a visit from her mother, so she spent the day cleaning the
shelvesof the refrigerator, scrubbing mold from the bathroom tile grout, and …………….
a. she removed dog hair from the sofa
cushions
b. removing dog hair from the sofa cushions
c. removed dog hair from the sofa cushions
d. to remove dog hair from the sofa cushions
e. had been remove dog hair from the sofa cushion

32. To protect her delicate hands, Fran will not rake the yard, do the dishes, or ………..
a. refuses to scrub the bathtub
b. won’t scrub the bathtub
c. scrub the bathtub
d. scrubbing the bathtub
e. to scrub the bathtub

33. That was such ……………………. book.

a. A beautifully written
b. A beautiful written
c. A beautifully wrote
d. A beautifully writing
e. A beauty writing
34. When the tv program was cancelled, Kelly was …………….
a. Disappointing
b. Being disappointing
c. Has been disappointed
d. Disappointed
e. Disappoint

35. Those travelers ……………… their trip should report to the gate.
a. Complete
b. Are completing
c. Completing
d. Has complete
e. Who had been completed

36. The Persians, ………….. lived in present-day Iran, were one of the first civilizations to
build tunnels that provide a reliable supply of water to human settlements in dry
areas.
a. Which
b. Whom
c. Who
d. How
e. When
37. My mother,…………..…………., asked me to buy one.
a. Which has two umbrellas
b. Whose umbrella had been stolen in a bus
c. Whose brother was killed
d. Where she has forgotten her umbrella
e. Who likes to watch ancient Turkish films

38. I called my friend ,….…….. is a dentist, to fix my teeth, all of which were decayed.
a. Who
b. Whom
c. Where
d. That
e. How

39. I am sorry. I don’t know ……………. department Mrs. Green works in.
a. Where
b. When
c. Who
d. Which
e. How

40. She has been looking much more enthusiastic about the future ……………… she
accepted her new
job.a. Since
b. Until
c. Before
d. When
e. by the time
1. The implementation of robotic car manufacture from the 1970s onwards …………. to significant
cost savings and improvement in the reliability and flexibility of vehicle mass production.
a. Had led
b. Led
c. Lead
d. Has been leading
e. Leads

2. Vehicles with limited-self driving capabilities …………….. around for more than 50 years.
a. Has been
b. Having been
c. Had
d. Have been
e. Had been

3. I notice that I ………………. to take my passport with me before I left home.

a. Forgot
b. Had forgotten
c. Forgets
d. Have forgotten
e. Did forget

4. We ………………. to Spain for a holiday soon.

a. Are flying
b. Fly
c. Will fly
d. Will be flying
e. Flies

5. The face of ocean ……………….. completely since the first commercial fishers cast their nets and
hooks.
a. Changes
b. Has change
c. Changing
d. Has changed
e. Are changing

6. Today we ………………… that natural refuges from fishing have played a critical role in sustaining
fisheries.
a. Realize
b. Realizing
c. Is realized
d. Realized
e. Has realized
7. Linguists ………………….. identified many universal language rules since the theory of universal
grammar (UG) was proposed.
a. Have identified
b. Identified
c. Identify
d. Has been identified
e. Has identifying

8. Every language ………………. four basic word classes: nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverb.
a. Has contained
b. Contains
c. Containing
d. Is containing
e. Contained

9. All applicants ……………… take an entrance exam.

a. Should
b. Must
c. Had to
d. Can
e. Will

10. You ………….. leave your keys in the car.

a. Must not
b. Will not
c. Cannot
d. Should noy
e. Can

11. I did not do well on the test because I did not study for it last night. I ………………….. last night.
a. Should have studied
b. Should study
c. Will study
d. Must study
e. Could have studied

12. John is not coming to the class. He ………………… be sick.

a. Have to be
b. Must be
c. Cannot be
d. Will be
e. Shall
13. There is now extensive evidence that short-term memory ………………… by many kinds of
treatments, including electro convulsive therapy (ECT).
a. Was spared
b. Is spared
c. Spared
d. Sparing
e. Have been sparing

14. Life on the Mississippi …………….. by Mark Twain.

a. Has been writing
b. Wrote
c. Was written
d. Was writing
e. Written

15. Throughout history, paper ……………… from various plants, such as rice, and papyrus.
a. Has been made
b. Have been made
c. Has made
d. Made
e. Make

16. When the reviving language ……………….. with a degree of political autonomy, the growth can be
especially striking.
a. Is associated
b. Associated
c. Is associating
d. Are associated
e. Has been associating

17. The process, essential for the experiment’s issues, …………… by them.
a. Was completed
b. Was complete
c. Completed
d. Is completing
e. Complete

18. They consider …………………… French class next semester.

a. Take
b. To take
c. Taking
d. Have took
e. Took
19. It is strange that I remember …………….. to school the first time when I was five but I don’t
remember when we moved house a year later.
a. Go
b. To go
c. Went
d. Going
e. gone

20. You must regret ……………. your sister about her husband now. She has never been the same
since.
a. Telling
b. Told
c. To tell
d. Tell
e. Tells

21. Her parents forbid her ……………. In the street because there is too much traffic.
a. To playing
b. Playing
c. Played
d. To play
e. To played

22. The weather in the southern states ……………… very hot during the summer.
a. Gets
b. Get
c. Has gotten
d. Getting
e. Is getting

23. …………………. in the class speak Swedish very well.

a. The number of students
b. Some student
c. A little of student
d. A number of students
e. Much students

24. The exercise on singular – plural agreement of subject and verbs …………. easy.
a. Are
b. Has been
c. Is
d. Are being
e. Is being
25. There …………… some interesting pictures in today’s paper.
a. Is
b. Have
c. Has
d. Are
e. Are being

26. Anna, as well as her to older sisters, …………. In college

a. Is
b. Are
c. Is being
d. Has being
e. Have being

27. The extent of Jane’s knowledge on various complex subjects …………… me.
a. Have astound
b. Astounds
c. Astounding
d. Astound
e. Have bee astounded

28. Some suicides rulings are based on cops’, ………., or ………. methods.
a. Physicians, coroners
b. Physic, coroner
c. Physician, coroner
d. Physicians, coroner
e. Physician, coroners

29. There is always a dilemma between trying to overcome, …………., …………..,

a. Solving problems, staying safe
b. Solve problems, stay safe
c. Solving problems, stay safe
d. Solved problems, stayed safe
e. Solved problems, staying safe

30. Languages are related closely to reading, writing, ………….., and ……….. in our daily life.
a. Speak, listen
b. Speaking, listened
c. Speaking, listening
d. Spoke, listened
e. Speaking, listen
31. A research depicts how the present reading brain enables the development of some of our most
important …………….. and …………… processes.
a. Intellect and affection
b. Intellect and affective
c. Intellectual and affective
d. Intellectual and affection
e. Intellectually and affectionally

32. The bulk of pottery …………………. At Akrotiri is locally made.

a. Find
b. Is found
c. Found
d. Has found
e. Finding

33. They came ………….. to New Orleans last summer.

a. Across
b. Over
c. From
d. On
e. Up

34. Did you see the new film …………… Matt Damon?
a. Starred
b. Starring
c. To be starring
d. Having been starred
e. To start

35. I am never late for class because it’s ……………. When everyone looks at me.
a. Embarrassed
b. Embarrassing
c. Being embarrassed
d. Has been embarrassed
e. Embarrass

36. Students …………. read on print were superior in their comprehension to screen-reading peers,
particularly in their sequence detail.
a. That
b. Whom
c. When
d. Who
e. Which
37. Compulsive bargain hunters, often buy things ……………. they don’t need just because theu are
cheap.
a. What
b. How
c. In which
d. Why
e. That

38. I asked the lady in the front seat ……….. old the little boy was.
a. Why
b. When
c. How
d. Who
e. That

39. Those ……………. aim for perfection will come much nearer to it than those ……… despondency
and haziness make them give it up as unattainable.
a. That/where
b. Which/what
c. Whose/whose
d. That/that
e. Who/whose

40. School counsellors need to demonstrate a great deal of sensitivity in their work to gain the trust
and respect of the adolescents with ………………. they work.
a. Who
b. Whom
c. Where
d. Of whom
e. Which
1. Many decisions in our lives ……………….. a good forecast, and AI is almost always better at
forecasting than we are.
a. Requiring
b. Require
c. Are requiring
d. Required
e. Has required

2. The acquisition of literacy ………………. a new circuit in our species’ brain more than 6.000 years
ago.
a. Necessitate
b. Necessitating
c. Necessitated
d. Had necessitated
e. Has been necessitated

3. She ………….. the hotel room before she travelled to Lisbon.

a. Had reserved
b. Reserved
c. Has been reserving
d. Reserve
e. Has reserve

4. In 723, Emperor Xuanzong personally ……………… a general formulary of prescription

recommended to him by one of imperial pharmacists and sent it to all the provincial medical
school.
a. Compose
b. Composing
c. Composed
d. Has composed
e. Have compose

5. Glass often …………… when heated or cooled to extreme.

a. Shattered
b. Shatters
c. Shattering
d. Shatters
e. Has been starred

6. Most recently, people …………….. mobile phones to send a text message.

a. Used
b. Has used
c. Have used
d. Are using
 e. Using

7. Before I came to USF University, I ………………….. to school for 12 years.

a. Have been going
b. Had been going
c. Has been gone
d. Is going
e. Was going

8. By the time she graduates from Durham University, she ………… 32 years old.
a. Will have turned
b. Will be turning
c. Will turn
d. Has turned
e. Have turned

9. Her travel back home took almost a day. She ………………. be very tired.
a. Must
b. Has to be
c. Had to
d. Ought to
e. Should

10. His motorbike broke down in the middle of nowhere, but luckily he ……………… to fix it.
a. Will be
b. Is able
c. Can
d. Was able
e. Would able
f. Had been able

11. Humans ……………… smell about 10.000 scents, ranging from freshly cut flowers to the aversive
smell of an angry skunk.
a. Ought to
b. Must
c. Would
d. Can
e. Will

12. The poor ……………… fun of.

a. Should made
b. Will not be made
c. Should not be made
d. Can not be make
 e. Shall not make

13. It is strange that he has not said any more about his plans to emigrate. He ……………. his mind
about it .
a. Should changed
b. Must be changed
c. Might have changed
d. Can change
e. Will change

14. Monalisa painting ………………….. at Musee De Lourve, France.

a. Can se
b. Will see
c. Can be see
d. Can be seen
e. Must see

15. The rate of exploration …………….. by the size of an opening feature.

a. Controlled
b. Is controlled
c. Has been controlling
d. Controlling
e. Control

16. Much research ………………… on babies to understand their way of learning.

a. Was doing
b. Been done
c. Was being doing
d. Was being done
e. Have done

17. Having corn in their diet ……………………. a blessing by people because of the values it has.
a. Considering
b. Has considered
c. Is considered
d. Was considering
e. Has been considered

18. If the problem ……………….., the winter Olympics will pay the consequences.
a. Are not solved
b. Is not solved
c. Not solved
d. Are solving
e. Is not being solved
19. In 1983, a century after the invention of telephone, mobile telephones …………. by two AT&T Labs
researchers, Richards . Frenkiel and Joel S. Engel.
a. Is developed
b. Was developed
c. Were developed
d. Are being develop
e. Is developing

20. She avoids …………………. place where there are crowds of people.
a. To visit
b. Visited
c. Visiting
d. Had visited

21. I remember Steve ……………. the gold medal in the race last year.
a. Winning
b. To win
c. Win
d. Has win
e. Been winning

22. It is necessary for him ………………. to get better result in the next exam.
a. To study
b. Studying
c. Has studying
d. Has been studying
e. Has study

23. She dislikes shopping because she cannot stand ……………… in crowded places.
a. Be
b. To be
c. Has been
d. Being
e. Has been being

24. ………………….. the highest rate of fertility among Asian countries, China has been trying to work
on its marriage law.
a. Having
b. Had
c. Has had
d. Being have
e. have
25. Economics ………………… Dan’s favourite subject.
a. Is
b. Are
c. Has
d. Has being
e. Being

26. There …………….. an incorrect statement in that newspaper article.

a. Are
b. Is
c. Has
d. Are being
e. Is being

27. The number of students in this room right now ………….. twenty.
a. Are
b. Has been
c. Is
d. Is being
e. Have

28. Getting to know students from all over the world ……….. one of the best parts of my job.
a. Are
b. Are being
c. Is
d. Have
e. Has

29. Each girl and boy in the class ………… to do a science project.
a. Has
b. Have
c. Have been
d. Has being
e. Has been

30. My basketball coach in middle school studied abroad in Africa for two years and taught young
ladies about health, such as sexually transmitted diseases and ……………
a. Control birth
b. Controlling birth
c. Birth control
d. Birth controlled
e. Birth controlling
31. Not only do race, ……….., …………….., and ………….. affect a student’s academic success, but their
sense of belonging also plays a big role.
a. Genderless, class, sexual
b. Gender, class, sexual
c. Gender, class, sexuality
d. Gender, class, sexualize
e. Genderless, class, sexualization

32. The Princeton Review’s ranking system surveys a large amount of students by asking them more
than eighty questions about themselves, ……………….., ………………
a. Theirs and living at their school
b. Their schools and life at their school
c. Them schools and living at the school
d. Their school and living at their school
e. Them schooling and life at their school

33. Prospectin’ Penny not only mined for gold, ……………. she …… mined for silver.
a. But also
b. And
c. But
d. And also
e. Also

34. Paige wrote a screen play, ……………. , ……………….

a. Poetry book and a stand-up comedy
b. A poetry book and a stand-up comedy
c. A poetry book and comedy standing up
d. A poetry books and a stand-up comedies
e. Poetry book and a stand-up comedy

35. Did you hear about the ……………. news? There was a terrible accident.
a. Shocking
b. Shocked
c. Been shocking
d. Been shocked
e. Are shocked

36. He was not supposed to have done something like that so everyone was surprised and could not
perceive …………… he left school.
a. How
b. Why
c. When
d. Whether
e. If
37. It is very obvious ………………………………………
a. That Michael Jordan is the most expensive basketball player in the world.
b. He is not guilty at all
c. He should be telling the truth
d. To have been informed about the meeting dates
e. He is supposed to have been studying the project.

38. An economist is someone who is interested essentially in services ………………. are measurable in
term of money payments of a fixed and regular nature.
a. Which
b. Where
c. Whose
d. Whom
e. In that

39. The 35th US President, J.F. Kennedy, was shot by a lone gunman he was taking part in a
procession in November 1963.
a. During
b. In order to
c. Because
d. While
e. Until

40. Traffic to the airport has been much lighter …………….. the metro system was built.
a. As if
b. Once
c. Since
d. Until
e. While